Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-09-06
DOCTORS CONVENTION.
cred in Washington, nine.tenths of
whom are Americans.
WASHINGTON. Sent &

whom are Americans.
WASHINGTON, Sept 8.
In round numbers it is estimated tha, the
invading army of doctors delegated to the
international convention now contains about
six thousand individuals; the work of regis
tration is still in progress.
| Of these nine tenths are Americans. OF
three or four hundred foreigners present,
there are Englishmen, Italians, Turks and
Persians, Russians. Norwegians and Swede g,
with Frencbmen, Germans, Danes, Servia ms,
Mexicans and South Americans in every type
of eminent respectsbilty.
President Cleveland, Secretary Bayard and
| Speaker Carlisle were escorted to seats upon
the stage of AlbouRhs opera house at eleven
o'clock, and were greeted with applause.
The assemblage was called to order by
Prof. Henry E. Smith of Philadelphia, chair
man of the executive committee.
! President Cleveland opened the congress
with brief speech in which he said:
| 81 feel that the country should be con.
graduated, today, upon the presence at our
| capital of so many of our own citizens and
| those representing foreign countries, who
have distinguished themselves in the science
of medicine and are devoted to its further
progress. My duty on this occasion is very
pleasing and very brief one. 1t is simply
to declare that the Ninth International Medi.
cal Congress is now OPEN"
The welcome WAS acknowledged and re-
sponden to briefly by DR.. Floyd in behalf of
Great Britain; DR.. Laforte of Paris, on be-
half of France; Prof. Unna of Hamburg, on
the part of Germany; Senator NJ. Semmota
for Italy, and Sir Chas. Reyber, representing
Russia.
President Davis delivered his opening ad-
dress at the conclusion of which Congress
adjourned until tomorrow.
DR.. Nathan Smith Davis of Chicago, was
elected president of the Congress; DR.. John
b. Hamilton, supervising surgeon general of
the U. S. Marine Hospital service, was chos
en- secretary general.
Secretary of State Bayard delivered an ad-
dress of welcome. Among other things he
said:
1.-The world is becoming better acquainted,
social assimilation has progressed, and email
provinces and minor kingdoms are federaliz-
ing into great empires. International iLti-
macy suffers less obstruction abroad, and the
powerful current of literature is silently
wearing away the banks of geographical pref
udice, and the spirit of a common brother
hood of mutuality and inter-dependence is
expanding itself irresistibly over barriers of
mountain and sea, and these new and benef-
cent conditions give promise that the word
| stranger shall soon be obliterated from the
vocabulary of civilization.
| Some days ago the committee invited DR..
Francisco Durante of Rome, to answer in the
name of Italy to the welcoming address.
Later. when Senator Semmola arrived, he
claimed the right to make the response, as
representing the government of Italy.
| The committee felt constrained to make
the change, and notified Prof Durante.
| This gentleman was much offended and
has withdrawn from the congress. He claims
thst he and not Senator Semmola is the rep
resentative of the Italian government.
| The section on general surgery was called
to order by the president, DR.. VIM. L.
Briggs of Nashville, Tenn.
Papers were read on abdominal surgery by
| Chas. Parkes of Chicago; on intestinal sur
| gerry, with demonstrations, specimens, new
| operstions, by Nichols Sem of Milwaukee,
Wis.
DR.. J. J. Chisholm of Baltimore, president
of the section on ophthamology, called that
section to order.
The following papers were read: "Eye
troubles in relation to oscipital Diseases" by
DR.. A. Mooner, Dusseldorf, Germany; "Pa-
biological changes in estinal vessels" DIR.
Ole Bull, Christiana, Sweden; "Hot water
III tne tTedtueDt VI eve ulbeaseS, DT Lear
tus CoDnors, Detroit, Mich.
Discussions on these papers followed.
The Largyngological section was opened
by President DR.. w. II. Daily of Pittsburg,
Pa.
Papers were read as follows:
Contributions to the cause of the sC-called
hay fever and Dasal asthma, and allied affec
tons, considered from clinical standpoint"
Richard H. Thomas, Baltimore. "Hay asth-
ma" J. P. Klingen Smith, Evansville, Pa. ;
"Some remarks on the history Of rhinologv,"
d. N. Rankin, Allegheny, Pa.
DR.. A. R. Robinson of New York, presid-
cd over the section on dermstology and syph-
| biography.
The following papers were read: "Vac-
cinstion during the incubation period of va
roila," VIM. Welch, Philadelphia; "Recital
of almentation in diseases of the skin," ].
V. Shoemaker Of Philadelphia; "On the oc-
currence of ulcers resulting from spontane-
Gus gangrene of the skin during the latter
stages of syphilis, and their relations to syph-
ils," Herman Klotz of New York.
| The section on medical climstology and
demography was opened by an address from
the president, Medical Director Albert Glib
son of the navy.
| Papers were read on the importance of the
study of climatology in connection with the
science of medicine, by VIM. Thornton Par
ker of Newport, r. l.
| In the section on public and international
hygiene there was an address on the general
subject of hygiene by President DR.. Joseph
Jones of New Orleans.
The section on otology was called to order
by Prof. S. J. Jones of Chicago, who gave a
brief history of the progress made in otology
in the last % yaars and its present state and
relation to general medicine.
The following papers were read: "Sta-
tistical report of 500 cases of ear disease, "
DR.. 5. S. Bishop of Chicago; Treatment of
bacreriology OF aural tunnels" DR.. B. Loe-
weinberg Of Paris; "Cause and treatment of
aural tunnels" DR.. L. Tarnbull of Philadel-
phia
An address by President DR.. Delaskie Mil
| Ter of Chicago, opened the meeting of the
| section on obstetrics.
Papers were read as follows: "Vicarious
menstruation," Duncas C.. MacCallum, NJ.
c. R. S, of Montreal; Mechanics of the
delivery of the child's head by forceps, with